When I had my first midwife's appointment she said "at every visit we will listen to the heartbeat..." so I was excited... and then she followed it up with "except this one as the baby is too small, but don't worry you will hear it at the 12 week scan"
I did hear it at the 12 week scan and I think that was my favourite part of the scan :-)
Don't worry...it's very tricky to pick up with a doppler at 11 weeks. It's like trying to pin down a fish in a fishbowl, the baby is basically swimming in there and they can still move around A LOT.
I think I heard my first one at about 15 weeks but I don't remember them trying to listen before that.
With my second I hired a doppler and I first heard him at 11 or 12 weeks - BUT it took me a good a twenty minutes, on and off, to find him the first time. No midwife or OB is going to mess around that long at 11 weeks . I had a couple of missed miscarriages so I was pretty paranoid at the time. You'll hear it at your next appointment, most likely.
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